Farm fires, Protein in wheat, Radio 4 Poetry Day

There's been a sharp rise in the cost of insurance claims for farmers who've had fires on their land. NFU Mutual says it paid out £47.9m last year.

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There's been a sharp rise in the cost of insurance claims for farmers who've had fires on their land. NFU Mutual says they paid out £47.9 million in 2015, a rise of 14% which they say is alarming. The most common causes are electrical fires, followed by mechanical faults and arson attacks. We hear from a Norfolk farmer who lost acres of arable crops following a combine harvester fire.

And it's Autumn Poetry day on BBC Radio 4, so we feature Anton Lesser reading the evocatively autumnal 'Digging' by Edward Thomas.